ATI Engage Adult Medical Surgical
RN: Caring for the Surgical Client
Assessment
(Latest 2025-2026 Edition) 100% Verified Q&A + Answer
30+
Key Solutions
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1
A transplant nurse is part of a multidisciplinary care team creating a documented plan of care for a client in need of a heart
transplant. Which of the following standards of professional performance for transplant nursing is the nurse demonstrating
by being part of the team?
Correct Answer
Collaboration
Collaboration includes working with other health care providers and members of the care team to develop and
implement the client's plan of care.
Question 2
A surgical nurse receives additional training to become a transplant nurse. When the nurse administers postoperative care
to a transplant client for the first time, which element of care will be new for that nurse?
Correct Answer
Monitoring for signs of organ rejection
Monitoring the client for signs of organ rejection is an element of postoperative care unique to transplant nursing.
Question 3
A transplant nurse is providing care related to a client's kidney transplant. Which priority nursing action would be most
likely to take place during the preoperative phase?
Correct Answer
Educating the client's caregivers about the transplant process
While educating the client and their caregivers about the transplant process is an ongoing process that will likely continue
across multiple phases, it begins in the preoperative phase.
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, Question 4
A nurse is caring for a client who is a potential candidate for organ donation. The nurse should recognize that which of the
following members of the interdisciplinary team should discuss potential organ donation with the client's family?
Correct Answer
The organ procurement coordinator
Federal law requires that a professional who is certified as an organ procurement coordinator leads discussions about
potential organ donation. This person is often a nurse or social worker who has received specialized training.
Question 5
A nurse teaches a surgical client about breathing and relaxation exercises during the preoperative phase. Which of the
following postoperative complications would breathing and relaxation exercises help?
Correct Answer
Pain
Pain management includes breathing and relaxation methods in addition to medication. Because pain is a common and
often immediate complication of surgery, pain management should begin during the preoperative phase.
Question 6
A nurse is preparing a client scheduled for right knee arthroplasty surgery. Which of the following interventions should be
the priority for the nurse to address to ensure client safety?
Correct Answer
Have the surgeon mark the surgical site
When using the greatest risk priority framework, the nurse should identify that the greatest risk relates to the completion
of a surgical procedure on the wrong site. A National Patient Safety Goal is to prevent mistakes in surgery, which includes
preventing surgery on the wrong site. To help prevent this, the surgical site is marked preoperatively by the surgeon.
Question 7
A nurse administers IV medication and reviews breathing and relaxation techniques with a client recovering from a
mastectomy. Which element of postoperative care is the nurse performing?
Correct Answer
Managing postoperative pain
The latest approaches to pain management usually include more than one way to manage pain. Medication may be used
along with non-pharmacological interventions such as breathing and relaxation exercises.
Question 8
A nurse observes a client signing their informed consent for surgery. The client says to the nurse, "I am not sure why I have
to have this surgery." Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Correct Answer
Notify the provider that the informed consent process is not complete
Perioperative standards related to informed consent require that the provider who is performing the procedure discusses
the reasons for surgery and any risks of complications with the client.
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RN: Caring for the Surgical Client
Assessment
(Latest 2025-2026 Edition) 100% Verified Q&A + Answer
30+
Key Solutions
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1
A transplant nurse is part of a multidisciplinary care team creating a documented plan of care for a client in need of a heart
transplant. Which of the following standards of professional performance for transplant nursing is the nurse demonstrating
by being part of the team?
Correct Answer
Collaboration
Collaboration includes working with other health care providers and members of the care team to develop and
implement the client's plan of care.
Question 2
A surgical nurse receives additional training to become a transplant nurse. When the nurse administers postoperative care
to a transplant client for the first time, which element of care will be new for that nurse?
Correct Answer
Monitoring for signs of organ rejection
Monitoring the client for signs of organ rejection is an element of postoperative care unique to transplant nursing.
Question 3
A transplant nurse is providing care related to a client's kidney transplant. Which priority nursing action would be most
likely to take place during the preoperative phase?
Correct Answer
Educating the client's caregivers about the transplant process
While educating the client and their caregivers about the transplant process is an ongoing process that will likely continue
across multiple phases, it begins in the preoperative phase.
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, Question 4
A nurse is caring for a client who is a potential candidate for organ donation. The nurse should recognize that which of the
following members of the interdisciplinary team should discuss potential organ donation with the client's family?
Correct Answer
The organ procurement coordinator
Federal law requires that a professional who is certified as an organ procurement coordinator leads discussions about
potential organ donation. This person is often a nurse or social worker who has received specialized training.
Question 5
A nurse teaches a surgical client about breathing and relaxation exercises during the preoperative phase. Which of the
following postoperative complications would breathing and relaxation exercises help?
Correct Answer
Pain
Pain management includes breathing and relaxation methods in addition to medication. Because pain is a common and
often immediate complication of surgery, pain management should begin during the preoperative phase.
Question 6
A nurse is preparing a client scheduled for right knee arthroplasty surgery. Which of the following interventions should be
the priority for the nurse to address to ensure client safety?
Correct Answer
Have the surgeon mark the surgical site
When using the greatest risk priority framework, the nurse should identify that the greatest risk relates to the completion
of a surgical procedure on the wrong site. A National Patient Safety Goal is to prevent mistakes in surgery, which includes
preventing surgery on the wrong site. To help prevent this, the surgical site is marked preoperatively by the surgeon.
Question 7
A nurse administers IV medication and reviews breathing and relaxation techniques with a client recovering from a
mastectomy. Which element of postoperative care is the nurse performing?
Correct Answer
Managing postoperative pain
The latest approaches to pain management usually include more than one way to manage pain. Medication may be used
along with non-pharmacological interventions such as breathing and relaxation exercises.
Question 8
A nurse observes a client signing their informed consent for surgery. The client says to the nurse, "I am not sure why I have
to have this surgery." Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Correct Answer
Notify the provider that the informed consent process is not complete
Perioperative standards related to informed consent require that the provider who is performing the procedure discusses
the reasons for surgery and any risks of complications with the client.
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